Best Headset

[Mentali$T]

Basically im looking for the best gaming headset out there with a microphone.
I have found a few different ones which are:

Sennheiser PC160/155 Gaming Headset

Fatal1ty Pro Gaming Headset (but cant find anywhere! if someone has seen this on a UK website please post link)

Plantronics GameCom Pro 1 PC Gaming Headset

Any info or user feedback of these would be appreciated. Or any other suggestions welcome.

Thanks

 

[Mentali$T]

I found the Plantronics GameCom Pro 1 PC Gaming Headset at ebay for £25+ cheaper than everywhere else and they do look really good. Just some user feedback would be good from here.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PLANTRONICS-G...ryZ11682QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Mentali$T]

So does no1 where headphones when they game?

 

[Trifid]

So does no1 where headphones when they game?

Sennheiser are good. Don't go for a USB one though - only thing I can say really. Also 5.1 headsets are not good either.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=87

 

[Mentali$T]

Why not USB and why not 5.1 sound?

The Plantronics aren't 5.1, and are a good price. Would they be the best for me?

http://www.plantronics.com/europe_union/en_GB/gaming/products/pro1/index.jhtml

 

[Trifid]

You will get better sound from a 3.5mm jack from your sound card, but I was looking at the Sennheiser's and they have 3.5mm's as well.

5.1 give poor sound quality (due to having multiple little speakers.) Medusa 5.1's get interference due to having a built in amp.

 

[Mentali$T]

So say i had an X-Fi Xtreme sound card and had the plantronics in a usb port would it not use the sound card as well as it should or what?
The Sennheiser 165's are USB and are extrememly expensive, usb cant be that bad.

 

[Gerry_W]

Expensive does not equal good.

Look at Apple . Ok, joking. No need to start a flame war.

Look at Windows XP. Also joking. Maybe.

Look at Bose QuietComfort 3's. No joke. I'm satisfied with my $40 Sennheiser e150's.

Beware of expensive things designed to lure people in. If something's good, it can be expensive, but the converse of this is not true.

 

[Mentali$T]

I want a headset with a mic.

 

[Trifid]

It will not use the sound card (or so I have been told) if it is USB. The Sennheiser's USB is an attatchment onto the 2 3.5mm jacks. I quite like these:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_This_Week_Only_25.html#aSP_2d014_2dSN